And another thing
Oct. 18th, 2012 04:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
baronessekatI was talking with a different chemist today and we were talking about how I mix paint. I happened to have brought my period pigment kit with me to show the one that gave me the white yesterday, so I pulled out a shell and my glass swizzle stick and began describing the method.
She looks at the stick and asks where I got it. I said it was a vintage swizzle stick a friend gave me so I could have a glass stick to mix paint with.
She shook her head and said "follow me" and lead me into the lab and opened a drawer and pulled out a handful of clear glass stir sticks and just hands them to me. Then she reaches into another drawer and pulls out a handful of pipettes and hands them to me. Her statement was "we get those things by the gross."
Another of the color ink chemists said "if you know the chemical make up of the pigments you use, let me know I can see if we have it in our sample stuff". At which point she waves over to the shelves of pigments and I see no less than 7 different types of carbon black. I blink and say "um... I tend to use inert earth pigments like oxy-hydroxide which is known as yellow ochre and other forms of dirt or plant resins." She nods and points to she shelves behind her and says "those are over there".
There is just something cool about working in a place that the people understand and appreciate the geek factor of your hobby and are willing to help "advance" it.
She looks at the stick and asks where I got it. I said it was a vintage swizzle stick a friend gave me so I could have a glass stick to mix paint with.
She shook her head and said "follow me" and lead me into the lab and opened a drawer and pulled out a handful of clear glass stir sticks and just hands them to me. Then she reaches into another drawer and pulls out a handful of pipettes and hands them to me. Her statement was "we get those things by the gross."
Another of the color ink chemists said "if you know the chemical make up of the pigments you use, let me know I can see if we have it in our sample stuff". At which point she waves over to the shelves of pigments and I see no less than 7 different types of carbon black. I blink and say "um... I tend to use inert earth pigments like oxy-hydroxide which is known as yellow ochre and other forms of dirt or plant resins." She nods and points to she shelves behind her and says "those are over there".
There is just something cool about working in a place that the people understand and appreciate the geek factor of your hobby and are willing to help "advance" it.
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